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Woman turned down from job via text after manager discovered she was pregnant

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A British woman is crying “pregnancy discrimination” after she had an employment offer retracted via text message.

Holly Holden, 20, is in her second trimester of pregnancy and had already signed a three-month agreement for an evening cleaning position with TCFM, a contract cleaning provider in the UK. But a day before she was supposed to start her new job in East Yorkshire, she received a disturbing text message.

According to Metro UK, after Holly inquired about what to wear for her first day of work, the interviewer responded via Facebook messenger:

“…I’m really sorry but my area manager has over ruled (sic) my decision to take you on as your (sic) due in April and has someone else in mind for the job. If you want a job after you’ve had little baby then please come back, sorry”

Holden and her boyfriend Lewis are reportedly happy about having the baby, as she had previously been told that she couldn’t have children but she said the whole incident made her “feel ashamed of being pregnant.”

She came forward with her story so she could highlight pregnancy discrimination.

“I’m probably not going to get anywhere with it, but I just want to shine some light on it and hopefully make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” she said.

In a statement, a TCFM spokesperson said that the incident “does not represent the adherence to our anti-discrimination policy that is in place and our demonstrated commitment to pregnant women in particular.”

The spokesman further claimed, “We are concerned to learn about the distress this has caused to the individual and are therefore fully investigating the incident.”

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